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Thompson is Stellar Oregon State punctuated their series with the USC Trojans on Sunday with a 10 -1 win. Former Siuslaw Viking Jake Thompson went 8 innings and had a career high 11 K’s. It’s his 5th consecutive outing with at least 7 innings allowing just one run, one walk […]
Prep baseball and softball After several starts and stops yesterday, the Viking baseball makeup against South Umpqua was postponed yesterday yet again… it’ll be made up in Florence at 5 pm. Today the two teams will meet in Riddle for a double header… game one is at noon… the pregame […]
Mapleton will host a Mountain West League track and field meet today. Field events are set to begin at 4:30… running events at five. Siuslaw baseball is scheduled for a makeup game this afternoon at five against the South Umpqua Lancers. That game had been originally set for Tuesday but […]
Rain cancels Oregon-Oregon State baseball, delays Siuslaw and South Umpqua. A non-league civil war baseball game scheduled for last night between Oregon and Oregon State in Corvallis was rained out… it’s not clear when or if it may be rescheduled. Prep baseball between South Umpqua and Siuslaw was also rained […]
Athlete of the Week a hurler and hitter Siuslaw and Mapleton baseball standout Gabe Simington is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The big sophomore threw six innings of three-hit ball and struck out five in Friday’s Viking victory over the Douglas Trojans. In other games last week, he […]
A day of ‘bests’ at Central Coast Invitational Trent Reavis broke the Siuslaw school record with a discus throw of 160-feet-2-inches Friday afternoon to win the event at the Central Coast Invitational Track and Field meet in Florence. Reavis also went 49-feet-9-inches to win the shot. He was second in […]
Mapleton 300 track and field The Mapleton Sailors won both the boys and girls team competitions at yesterday’s Mapleton 300 meet. The Sailors scored 50 points for each gender… Alsea was second for the boys with 37 points; also second for the girls with 42 points. No sprints or middle […]
Rain in Portland? It was a rainout in Portland yesterday for a scheduled non-league baseball game between Oregon and the University of Portland. It’s unclear when or if that game may be rescheduled. The Ducks are slated to be at home tomorrow where they’ll open a three game Pac-12 series […]
